CRANSTON, R.I. -- The Great Kills National 10-year-old All-Star baseball team has the ability to put up big runs in an inning and dominate on the mound.

And thanks to a five-run first inning and Todd Vieira's complete-game, two-hitter, GKN defeated Pennsylvania 8-0 to advance to the Mid-Atlantic finale for the second straight year.

Top-seeded GKN will play Friday at 5 p.m. against an undetermined opponent. The winner of Friday's contest will face the New England champ Saturday at 12:30 p.m. for the Eastern Region crown.

"It's a tremendous feeling to be in the Mid-Atlantic championship game for the second year in a row," said GKN manager James Speciale. "The boys have worked so hard for two and a half months. I'm proud of them, they absolutely deserve this. Their parents as well for their support."

GKN continued its trend of scoring in the first inning and they were able to post five runs on the board by sending nine men to plate.

After a lead-off single by Vieira and a walk by Joseph Raimonda, Mike Varriale ripped a two-run double.

Randy Rivera followed with a RBI single, and Joe Napoli recorded a bunt single that drove in two runs.

"After the Delaware game the bats have been sizzling," said Speciale. "We're back to playing Great Kills National baseball."

From there, the story was Vieira on the hill as he pounded the strike zone all game and surrendered just two walks and was aided by two double plays.

"We rode Vieira like we rode Raimonda (Wednesday)," said Speciale. "They kept us in the game and the defense was rock solid again. We had solid infield defense from Rivera, Napoli, Christian Speciale and Raimonda."

GKN found itself in a little jam in the second inning after a walk and a would-be single, but centerfielder Mike Uccio charged the ball and fired to Napoli at second to thwart a rally.

In GKN's half of the second, Raimonda doubled then Varriale singled to score pinch-runner Lucas Schettino. Uccio singled home Varriale and then stole home for the last run of the game.

GKN survived a mini-threat in the fifth inning as Pennsylvania had runners on first and third with one out, but Vincent Petruzzelli's shoestring catch doubled off the runner from third to end the inning.

"(Friday) we'll have to do it without those two arms (Vieira and Raimonda) but I have confidence someone will step up," added Speciale. "Thirteen guys have been making contributions to this run and we'll need it again. We're very excited."